The Grand Fill of the Great Hole – Part 1 (so far!)
The various modules, pipes, tubes and tanks are now installed in our Great Hole. It is the long job of putting back all the sand and soil into the Great…
Rainwater Tank Day 4
Placed the last layer of crates … Time for Christmas Eve! Well we have a lot of wrapping to do…. Wrapped, folded and trimed the polyfelt first. Next the rubber…
Rainwater Tank Day 3
Spent the morning laying the 3 layers of material down. 1st layer was standard geo-textile (grey), 2nd layer was the waterproofing EPDM rubber membrane (Black) and last was Polyfelt padding (White).…
Rainwater Tank Day 2
Did preparation work for installing the rainwater tank. Started by marking out and leveling the sand for the base of the tank, we spent so time getting the right as…
Rainwater Tank Day 1
Had a relaxed day today. Went and purchased some mini access chamber raising rings and a lid to use on the rainwater tank for access into it. Then made a…
Rainwater Soakaway
Installed the rainwater soakaway this afternoon. We carefully leveled the area in the corner of the trench and then placed geo-textile down. Then installed 18 Aquacell modules in a 3m…
Heat Pump Pipes Day 5
Finished covering the pipes with fill and tidied up the pipes at the garage end.
Heat Pump Pipes Day 4
Day 3 – Tuesday 31st August Finished laying the pipes in the trench. Now we have to cover them in fill (sand/soil) to the level of the bottom of the…
Heat Pump Pipes Day 3
Day 2 – Monday 30th August Lots of rain yesterday and overnight (25mm), this caused another wall collapse near the exit of the earth tubes. Luckily its time to start…
Heat Pump Pipes Day 2
A short day… Continued to lay pipes and got the first run of pipes from the house end to the wall of the trench next to the shed done. Then…